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Hovnanian (
HOV) pushed the Industrial Goods sector lower today making it today's featured Industrial Goods laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, Hovnanian fell $0.11 (-1.9%) to $5.56 on light volume. Throughout the day, 4,929,629 shares of Hovnanian exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7,398,600 shares. The stock ranged in price between $5.50-$5.82 after having opened the day at $5.72 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $5.67. Other companies within the Industrial Goods sector that declined today were:
Comstock (
CHCI), down 7.6%,
Hydrogenics Corporation (
HYGS), down 5.3%,
ZBB Energy Corporation (
ZBB), down 5.2% and
P & F Industries (
PFIN), down 5.2%.

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Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. designs, constructs, markets, and sells residential homes in the United States. It constructs single-family attached and detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, and urban infill and active adult homes. Hovnanian has a market cap of $687.1 million and is part of the materials & construction industry. Shares are down 19.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

TheStreet Ratings rates Hovnanian as a
sell. Among the areas we feel are negative, one of the most important has been poor profit margins.